DWADS

The inner man is the substantial reality; while the other one is only an apparition. - Paracelsus

Dwads are like another Zodiac within each horoscope sign. And a very interesting Zodiac! Although dwads are an underlying influence, they do not just emphasize radix placements, they also add a whole lot of new content to all your astrological interpretations. Dwads can be seen as sub-types of horoscope signs describing deep inner characteristics you are trying to develop and express through your Sun-Sign and through your whole birth chart. If you manage not to express those inner resources, you may then project them onto others and sort of live your own dwads through them.

Traditionally the Zodiac is first divided into 12 signs and then each of these signs into twelve dwads (from the Sanskrit dwadasamsa). Each dwad is two and one half degrees. The first dwad in each sign is ruled by the sign itself, the second by the next sign and so on. Thus, for instance in Aries the first dwad is ruled by Aries, the second by Taurus, the third one by Gemini... Likewise in Taurus: the first dwad is ruled by Taurus, the second one by Gemini, the third one by Cancer... See the Dwad table below.

Although dwads reflect deeper inner potentials than your birth chart, they have a way of influencing your outer life and personality as well, even the way you look. Dwads are often extremely useful in rectification, because quite often the first impression we have of someone may be more influenced by her or his Ascendant's dwad than by anything else. The first impression is kind of gut feeling, it comes from deep within, from dwads. When we have more time to study the person we meet, then we begin to react to her or his Ascendant.

And dwads are in no way weaker because of their inner nature, on the contrary, they can be strikingly powerful especially in inner-oriented types and in creative personalities. Often they become more powerful and also more visible with advancing age when most of us become more inner-oriented. The older you get, the more you may also become aware of the way your dwads are influencing you and working out in your life.

In relationships dwad can be very powerful. We do not only find people who truly resemble our dwads, often we unconsciously project dwads on our partners, sometimes without them having any resemblance at all. Dwads' unconscious power is sometimes quite remarkable in making us blind to our own projections which, of course, makes the relationship quite frustrating for the partner who may feel that he or she is not seen at all. The partner lives then in a same kind of situation than many a Neptunian with her or his invisible identity. The more intensive and powerful the relationship is, the more enlightening dwads usually are...

For studying your dwads you need, of course, your birth chart. If you don't have it yet, choose an astrologer and ask her or him to cast your birth chart. You will then have an exciting journey inwards - you may not only study dwad-signs of all the planets and angles, we may even cast your dwad chart, which gives you a whole new astrological picture of yourself, within and without. "For according to the outward man, we are in this world, and according to the inward man, we are in the inward world... Since then we are generated out of both worlds, we speak in two languages, and we must be understood also by two languages." (Jacob Böhme)

Any time you wonder how two people with quite similar horoscopes can be so different, look at their dwads. You may see how one of your Leonian friends is truly a pure Leo (Sun in Leo's Leo-dwad) and yet another Leonian friend is more like a Virgo wit all her or his critical talents (Sun in Leo's Virgo-dwad), and the third one is extremely sensitive and compassionate (Sun in Leo's Pisces-dwad). Or why a Scorpio you know has such a talkative and light personality (Sun in Scorpio's Gemini-dwad). And so on.

If you want to take an even deeper journey inwards, you can also calculate so-called super-dwads by dividing each dwad further into twelve parts - and then using your super-dwads to study an even deeper layer of your personality. Just remember that for good results with super-dwads your birth-time must be almost exact. Happy journey inwards!

Read more about dwads: Dwads in Anyara




DWAD-TABLE:

           AR   TA   GE   CA   LE   VI   LI   SC   SG   CP   AQ   PI

0-2.5      AR   TA   GE   CA   LE   VI   LI   SC   SG   CP   AQ   PI

2.5-5      TA   GE   CA   LE   VI   LI   SC   SG   CP   AQ   PI   AR

5-7.5      GE   CA   LE   VI   LI   SC   SG   CP   AQ   PI   AR   TA

7.5-10     CA   LE   VI   LI   SC   SG   CP   AQ   PI   AR   TA   GE

10-12.5    LE   VI   LI   SC   SG   CP   AQ   PI   AR   TA   GE   CA

12.5-15    VI   LI   SC   SG   CP   AQ   PI   AR   TA   GE   CA   LE

15-17.5    LI   SC   SG   CP   AQ   PI   AR   TA   GE   CA   LE   VI

17.5-20    SC   SG   CP   AQ   PI   AR   TA   GE   CA   LE   VI   LI

20-22.5    SG   CP   AQ   PI   AR   TA   GE   CA   LE   VI   LI   SC

22.5-25    CP   AQ   PI   AR   TA   GE   CA   LE   VI   LI   SC   SG

25-27.5    AQ   PI   AR   TA   GE   CA   LE   VI   LI   SC   SG   CP

27.5-30    PI   AR   TA   GE   CA   LE   VI   LI   SC   SG   CP   AQ

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